bharal
(ˈbʌrəl)
Also b(h)arhal, burhel, burrell, burrhal, burrhel.
[Hindi bharal.]
The wild or blue sheep of the Himalayas and Tibet, Pseudois nayaur.
| 1838 Proc. Zool. Soc. 79 A skin of the Burrhal Sheep from the Himalaya Mountains. 1840 Ibid. 68 The Burrhel would seem to inhabit a much loftier region of the Himalaya than the Nahoor. 1881 Encycl. Brit. XII. 742/2 The barhal, or blue wild sheep. 1886 Ibid. XXI. 785/1 A species..with smaller and more spreading horns, the burrhel, O[vis] nahoor. 1887 Field 19 Feb. 243/2, I had a shot at a small burrell and missed. 1924 H. Whistler In High Himalayas xiii. 165 We found the tracks of burhel on some bare soil. 1937 H. W. Tilman Ascent of Nanda Devi xi. 129 A herd of bharal, or wild sheep, was seen traversing..the..cliffs. 1965 S. H. Prater Bk. Indian Animals 252 In structure and habits the Bharal holds a place intermediate between sheep and goats. |